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Please god Sexton Henshaw and Murray get 70 mins under their belts, for me though they are now massively undercooked heading into Scotland. 1 start before one of the biggest games of their careers, its a joke how this is all set up, why does it always have to be october?

\"Only Pienaar, Botha and Ferris would be in contention for a place on our first 15. That\'s a fact.\" - Tickettout\'s take on Ulster April 2011.

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This squad needs to AIM to win the World Cup and therefore they should be able to win the 4 group games while mixing up the 23's selected. If they view the Scottish game as their World Cup final (like we did with Australia and France the last 2 times) then they are getting it all wrong. Of course if we don't turn up both the Scots and the Japanese can turn us over but we need to be confident of beating them both with only 10 or so of the "first choice" XV or with some of the first choice XV being slightly undercooked and working their way up to full speed.

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This squad needs to AIM to win the World Cup and therefore they should be able to win the 4 group games while mixing up the 23's selected. If they view the Scottish game as their World Cup final (like we did with Australia and France the last 2 times) then they are getting it all wrong. Of course if we don't turn up both the Scots and the Japanese can turn us over but we need to be confident of beating them both with only 10 or so of the "first choice" XV or with some of the first choice XV being slightly undercooked and working their way up to full speed.

They won't be viewing Scotland as the key game. It's important, as is Japan, but the group, and the schedule, is set up for us to get through.

However, then we have a bastard of a QF. That's the game I can see us throwing absolutely everything at to beat SA or the ABs and then collapsing in a heap a week later in the semi against Australia or Wales. It's going to be very tough to manage that. If we make it to a final, all bets are off but I think just getting to a semi is a stretch because of our likely opponent.

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They won't be viewing Scotland as the key game. It's important, as is Japan, but the group, and the schedule, is set up for us to get through.

However, then we have a bastard of a QF. That's the game I can see us throwing absolutely everything at to beat SA or the ABs and then collapsing in a heap a week later in the semi against Australia or Wales. It's going to be very tough to manage that. If we make it to a final, all bets are off but I think just getting to a semi is a stretch because of our likely opponent.

Agree 100% , I was replying to TS who was worried about Sexton, Murray etc being 100% match fit for Scotland.

The QF will be a massive test, (un)luck of the draw. It's been a bad 2019 so far but I feel that Joe, Faz and the senior players are targeting that QF and will be ready for it. If the semi final is against England and they have managed to keep Manu, Mako, Maro and Billy fit then I can't see how we win (though 3 Tests in a row against Arg, France and Wales/Aus will kill of a few Orcs). If the semi is against Aus or Wales and we have kept our key players fit then its more achievable and either of Australia or Wales could well beat England in a Quarter final.

P.s. and when, with their best squad in a generation, they eventually get 'brexited' from the RWC, as they most probably will with that draw, their supporters might contemplate a few other salient matters e.g. sabotaging the EUROPEAN Cup, and the effects of blatant nationalism, populism and isolationism (e.g. Brexit) on themselves & others for a few starters....

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Munster were great when they were Munster.

alas they are just north munster now.......
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Unlike the Scots, who'll gamble everything on this and know that the best time to catch us is first up. I think this will be really scary for us.

Both teams will want to win their opening game but to be honest I don’t think coming first or second in the group makes a massive difference. If we lose to Scotland we’ll probably still make it through.

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